Congressman Visits Iowans
With the Fifth Army Italy—Thomas E. Martin, representative from Iowa City, Iowa takes time out from his tour of the Mediterranean theater to greet Iowans at the 34th “Red Bull” division headquarters in Italy. Martin paused during his chat to have this picture taken with Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolte, division commander and seven Iowa Soldiers.
Shown here (standing left to right) are T. Sgt. LeRoy E. Jacks, Council Bluffs; Sgt. Dominic Prochaska, Cedar Rapids; Sgt. Theodore W. Van Den Berg, Sioux City, PFC Raymond L. Bailey, Council Bluffs; Representative Martin; Pvt. Wayne E. Brown, Des Moines and Maj. Gen. Bolte; (kneeling) Pfc. Raymond Fincher, Colfax, and Pfc. Frank Paradise, Dubuque.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, August 1, 1945 (photo included)
Raymond Fincher was born July 25, 1921 to Conrad “Con" and Minnie Frances Hopkins Fincher. He died Apr. 26, 1978 and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Tama, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
